HNIC Changes Cherry and MacLean being phased out

[Brewsky]

Ill take joe Bowen over Jim hughson to call my leafs

 

[Shimso]

Cherry & MacLean are still there and Strombo first started his career in sports at the FAN 590.

Cherry can't be a part of every game and the coverage on Sportsnet is significantly expanding its NHL coverage to Sundays, etc.

And I'm not a huge fan of Strombo (I'm actually entirely indifferent, and I don't really care that much about who is hosting because I watch the game and skip everything else) but you're in for a major shock if you think an articulate 40-something who has made it to CNN is going to corrupt children by speaking about hockey, while hockey players (a lot of whom drink in excess, fight, take drugs, etc.) are going to imbue children with morals and values. Chances are, if the kid is in high school, they've already seen people significantly worse than a TV host.

 

[Jatt]

Being phased out in favor of a hab fan who has no ties to our great game.

The hiring of George Strombulopius rubs me wrong because he is a non hockey guy. I look at him and think he is a punk and now my kids are gonna see him as host of our cherished past time. He looks like a druggie which is anti our clean living hockey culture.

Some say he is smart I don't care if he is Einstein I don't want him as an example for my kids to see each week during our national past time.

Don Cherry is 80 and Ron MacLean is 54. Eventually they would retire.

I can see leaf haters Jim Hughson and Craig Simpson being fired but not Don n ron

Who would be a better hire?

Funny enough, I've played hockey with George and he's about as good (and clean) as a guy they come, everything about this post screams of nimby uptighted ignorance.

 

[Deuce Awesome]

clean living hockey culture....rofl!



Anyways, I like Strombo. I think they should be more concerned about getting a proper number one broadcast team though.

 

[ForSpareParts*]

The HC all love Cherry and Maclean (Ron). They love having grapes on their show. They stop everything when Cherry calls in To give his opinion. All this hockey programming will be fine. I think the OP is a conspiracy theorist and also part of the militia/territorial army/knights of the night.

 

[KuleminFan41]

As long as Hughson,Simpson and Healy aren't calling the Leafs games anymore(which I hope is announced) then IDC who hosts HNIC. Don and Ron are still going to be there

 

[Vexed]

I stopped reading the OP at "... not a hockey guy..."

Besides, you do know that Cherry and MacLean will die or retire before long right?

 

[Yosho]

OP sounds like my 85-year-old grandfather.

Strombo is one of the finest hosts to come out of this country, working his ass off for two decades. I hope my kids gain influence from someone like him.

MacLean is one of the main reasons why I watch HNIC pre-and-post game segments. He's an incredible host who brings tons of thought provoking questions to interviews - much like George.

Change is inevitable. It's coming. As much as us Canadians hate change (especially when it's regarding our game) it's going to happen. Rogers is putting their spin on it and I'm kind of excited to see it.

 

[ForSpareParts*]

Leaf Lander,

Are you worried there won't be enough sentimental Tim Horton's commercials? Don't worry. They'll have that too.

::cues soft piano music::

 

[TheProspector]

I really like Strombo

lol at saying he looks like a druggie.

I really like Subban. Wish he'd come home. Great character guy.

 

[rojac]

The very fact that the OP does not seem to mind his children being influenced by someone who is rude, ignorant, loud, largely inarticulate, and somewhat xenophobic tells me all I need to know to put a value on this post.

 

[pooleboy]

but i, i thought this was the dream team?

hahahaha

 

[ForSpareParts*]

The very fact that the OP does not seem to mind his children being influenced by someone who is rude, ignorant, loud, largely inarticulate, and somewhat xenophobic tells me all I need to know to put a value on this post.

Must we all subscribe to French Post-Structuralism then?

 

[Cotton]

Guy's get a clue. Coaches corner is not changing at all in the forseeable future. Strombo is going to being the job like the chick does now

I certainly hope so.

I'm just fine with Cherry and MacLean thank you very much.

If MacLean leaves, that will be a National travesty. They should take that day off of school.

And I like Strombo. He's great. But mmm, ya no I"m good.

I just don't like change basically I think. Bring back Cole and Neale as well. Cole calling the last one in Montreal, that was amazing. He's still got it, he's still the best.

The CBC, which historically hasn't been very bright, would tip right over the edge into certifiable Pejorative Sluration if they either let MacLean walk, or got rid of him.

Perhaps they found Cole and Neale too fair to the Leafs when calling games, they seem to like thinly veiled anti-Leaf bias. Personally I've always liked Bowen.

OP, you're worried about how this guy looks and how he will influence your children, yet you consider hockey a cherished past time.. Do you even realize what goes on behind the scenes and in the locker rooms? You think growing up, that these hockey players aren't out getting hammered, trying drugs, having girls throwing themselves at them.. you think that's a good influence? You're worried enough about a guys look that his intelligence and personality are worth nothing in your eyes, yet you'll excuse the close-minded and xenophobic things Cherry has spewed over the years and choose him as an ideal role model?

Your children might be in trouble, but I'm going to go out on a limb and say it's not because of the influence of a man they see every saturday night on TV.

Furthermore.. If you think Strombo has a bad influential look.. You better bar the doors, cancel the cable and internet, and stay huddled in a cupboard with your children forever so they aren't exposed to the horrors of this world..

Dude...

 

[AustonMitchWilly]

Strombo doesnt get to where he is by being a punk or druggie.

Take your meds you old fogies.

 

[OlZamMan]

Three words: Healy, Hughson, Simpson.
Two more words: Insufferable ******.

Just wait until we have to suffer with more Sam Cosentino.

 

[cynicism]

Being phased out in favor of a hab fan who has no ties to our great game.

The hiring of George Strombulopius rubs me wrong because he is a non hockey guy. I look at him and think he is a punk and now my kids are gonna see him as host of our cherished past time.

Some say he is smart I don't care if he is Einstein I don't want him as an example for my kids to see each week during our national past time.

So you view a senile, loudmouthed xenophobe as an ideal role model but not an intelligent, insightful, hard working young man?

Your priorities are very, very, very wrong

 

[cynicism]

Must we all subscribe to French Post-Structuralism then?

No but we shouldn't subscribe to idiotic xenophobia.

But maybe subscribing to french post structuralism would be good for everyone, teaching philosophy, critical thinking are skills clearly lacking in today's pathetic "education" system.

 

[Milan90]

"These kids today and their new looks are going to take society to hell in a handbasket" - parents of kids since the dawn of time.

I'm sure you were in favour of your parents wanting rock n roll banned back in your day.

 

[Ciccio1980]

When this guy was being interviewed you ask how can someone in their right mind who is born in toronto be a habs fan

 

[Kyle Doobas*]

So you view a senile, loudmouthed xenophobe as an ideal role model but not an intelligent, insightful, hard working young man?

But he has black hair and piercings!!!11@!!1!

 

[Duke Silver]

But he has black hair and piercings!!!11@!!1!

Visible biceps are threatening, too.

 

[Cor]

K so two things,

1. If you are worried about him being a Hab fan, that is just laughable. Also, not a hockey guy? Pretty sure he started in hockey.

2. We won't be on CBC. We will be in Sportsnet on the majority of Saturdays. We will be seeing Millard/Marek, not Strombo

 

[Grant]

Him being a Habs fan doesn't bother me in the slightest. If he lets it be known often that he is a Habs fan then it would bother me but not because he is a Habs fan but because he is letting it be known often.

Can't say I've ever watched him interview someone and I won't judge his abilities and his performance until I've seen him in action on a hockey show.

 

[Cor]

Also, we all love Bob Cole.

Habs Fan.